Water supply system for multiple dwelling units
OwnerDuc T. Doaninventor
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Abstract
A water supply system for an apartment complex can include individual hot water conduits and cold water conduits for each apartment. Each conduit includes a water meter that enables the owner of the apartment complex to accurately determine the hot water usage and cold water usage of each apartment tenant. The meter system can also be used to locate leakage points in the water supply system, e.g. dripping faucets or continuously running toilets.
Claims13
A water supply system for multiple dwelling units in an apartment building comprising
- a cold water source that includes a main water meter,
- a water heater receiving cold water from said main water meter,
- a hot water supply conduit for each dwelling unit, and a cold water supply conduit for each dwelling unit;
- each said supply conduit having an ancillary water meter therein for measuring water flow through the respective conduit;
- each said hot water supply conduit being connected to said hot water heater so that the hot water supply conduits are in parallel flow relation,
- each said cold water supply conduit being connected to said main water meter so that the cold water supply conduits are in parallel flow relation.
12 The water supply of claim 11, wherein said ancillary water meters for each dwelling unit are built together into one unitary assembly;
- each said assembly comprising a vertically oriented inlet pipe and a vertically oriented outlet pipe for the cold water meter, and a vertically oriented inlet pipe and a vertically oriented pipe for the hot water meter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.